Sarah,That's a really good question. What I did was make my basting stitch really close to my seam and then when I made my permanent stitch I sewed just outside of my basting stitch so I didn't have to rip anything out and I didn't have a basting stitch showing.

do you think that you might do a frock by friday with one of your dress designs one day? also, just wondering when you do one of your dress designs do you do a muslin first or draft a pattern or do you just sort of make them as you go? thanks for doing these frock by fridays, love them!

Well I managed to mess up already. When I take a look at my front piece (#3 on the pattern) I have a V shape instead of a point. I layed this out exactly as you had it on the picture. So I'm trying to figure out what I did. And if I managed to mess this one up what else did I mess up? This piece was 3.5 inches out from the fold line so when I cut it I left that space intact just as if the pattern were up against the foldline, then continued to cut around the pattern. I hope what I'm saying makes sense, but no matter how I look at this I can't figure it out.Any help would be appreciated.

Oh and if you don't have enough to cut on the fold you can cut two pieces and add a 3/8" on the fold line. And sew the two pieces together. That's the way I did it for my dress. Just iron the seam after you're done.

Jennifer,I'd love to do a frock by friday with one of my dresses. I just have to grade them which is really difficult. I can't seem to make any time in my day to work on it. But I hope to get at least one done by next month.

And usually, when I do a pattern I cut it out of muslin first which works out great because then I always have a copy of the pattern. Sometimes when I'm rushed I'll just cut the fabric off the dress form but I don't like to do that.

OH plus, using muslin as a pattern is great because you don't need to pin it to your fabric. It just clings to it naturally. Much faster.